Kings play tonight at New Jersey

By Helene Elliott

Feb. 7, 2009 12 AM PT

AT NEW JERSEY

Time: 4 PST.

On the air: TV: FS West. Radio: 1150.

Where: Prudential Center.

Records: Kings 22-21-7, Devils 33-16-3.

Record vs. Devils: 0-1-0.

Update: The Kings have won five of their last six games, suddenly uncovering some offensive skills to score 22 goals in that span. Instead of flying or taking a bus, they traveled by train from Washington to New Jersey. This will be their first visit to the Devils’ new arena. They last won in New Jersey on Jan. 7, 2002 but have played only two games there since. Forward Oscar Moller continues to skate and take contact in practice, but he’s not expected to return today. The Devils were expected to fall apart after they lost goaltender Martin Brodeur to an arm injury early in the season, but Scott Clemmensen has filled in well. Kevin Weekes was in goal when the Devils beat the Kings, 5-1, at Staples Center on Jan. 10.

-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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